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AP World History
SPRITE Note Taking Procedure
Note Taking in AP World History
Students in AP World History are required to take notes for each chapter they are assigned to read in the
textbook. The purpose is to distill a 25-30 page chapter into 2-3 pages so that, when you begin to review for
the AP exam, will not have to re-read all 1000 + pages of your textbook.
Taking effective notes is critical to doing well in any subject, especially in AP World History. Since AP World
History is a thematic-based course, you will need to take notes in a thematic structure. This will be checked
whenever there is a binder check once a quarter.
When taking notes for each chapter you want to organize the information you read into the thematic categories
below. This will help you better organize and study information in a thematic way so that when writing
thematic essays, for example, you will be better prepared than a student that has not done this.
SPRITE Note Format
S – Social
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Gender roles and relations
Family and kinship
Racial and ethnic constructions
Social and economic classes
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Political structures and forms of governance
Empires
Nations and nationalism
Revolts and revolutions
Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
P – Political
R – Religion
• Religions and belief systems
I – Intellectual
• The arts and architecture
• Philosophies and ideologies
T – Technology
• Science and technology
E – Economic
• Agricultural and pastoral production
• Trade and commerce
• Labor systems
• Industrialization and globalization
• Capitalism and socialism